Various, Pat The Blowfish, The Burning Ernies, The Burning Ernies, Poopshovel, Poopshovel, The Gomers, The Gomers, Scorpio Rising, The Funeral Party, CattleProd, Tar Babies

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.